Anaheim Ducks left wing Nick Ritchie, left, and New York Islanders defenseman Travis Hamonic watch as the puck ricochets off the knee pad of Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halakduring the first period on Sunday in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Ducks defenseman Sami Vatanen (45) of Finland stops a shot by New York Islanders center John Tavares (91) during the second period on Sunday in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Anaheim Ducks defenseman Sami Vatanen (45) defends New York Islanders center John Tavares (91) during the second period on Sunday in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Islanders left wing Anders Lee (27) is caught between Ducks goalie John Gibson, left, and defenseman Josh Manson (42) during the first period on Sunday in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Ducks goalie John Gibson (36) makes a save in front of New York Islanders center Alan Quine (10) as Ducks left wing Nick Ritchie (37) watches during the first period on Sunday in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Islanders center John Tavares (91) pins Anaheim Ducks defenseman Clayton Stoner (3) against the boards during the second period on Sunday in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Islanders center Casey Cizikas (53) becomes entangled with Ducks defenseman Kevin Bieksa (2) during the second period on Sunday in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

NEW YORK – One shot was all the Ducks needed to start creating a new narrative, but in the end, they’ve got to deal with the same story.

All but certain to open the season with three straight regulation losses, Ryan Getzlaf scored late to give the Ducks a much-needed shot of confidence and bring some healing to his team’s psyche. The chance to steal an extra point evaporated just as quickly.

There was something for the Ducks to build from Sunday night but Josh Bailey scored 54 seconds into overtime to give the New York Islanders a 3-2 win in their home opener at Barclays Center.

It left the Ducks with an 0-2-1 start, and they don’t want to head down the pothole-filled road that was last season’s 1-7-2 opening that had them trying to recover well into February. But a third-period comeback offered promise.

Cam Fowler started it and then Getzlaf got them their first point with a one-time shot off Sami Vatanen’s cross-ice pass that got through a sliding Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak with 60 seconds left as Ducks goalie John Gibson was pulled for an extra attacker.

“It’s exciting,” Getzlaf said. “Those are big moments for our team I think that we can build off of. Obviously we didn’t get the end result we wanted but we got away with a point there. I was proud of the way our guys came back and played that second and third period.”

The surge of pulling even didn’t carry into overtime. The Islanders controlled it from the start and Bailey left Corey Perry in the dust before cutting inside Andrew Cogliano and beating Gibson to finish off a brilliant move.

The Ducks were presented with the task of opening the season with five games that took them back east. Four of the stops are home openers for their opponent, including New Jersey on Tuesday. At some point, they might like to enjoy the experience of holding a lead.

It hasn’t happened yet. Never did they hold an advantage in losses to Dallas and Pittsburgh. And Brock Nelson’s goal during a comatose first period from the Ducks ensured that it would be another night of catch-up hockey.

Gibson kept them close with 16 of his 27 stops to start a much better effort than his opening night in Dallas.

“It’s been tough playing catch-up hockey,” Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said. “When you’re in that position where you’re trying to win a hockey game and you’re taxing your top offensive players, that’s the reality of it.

“We were fortunate to get a point. I think our goalie stood tall in the first period and saved us.

“We got back in the game and started to play more of the hockey that’s required, over the last 40 minutes of tonight’s hockey game.”

Islanders captain John Tavares made it a 2-0 game but not without a bit of controversy. Cal Clutterbuck set it up by kicking the puck back to the charging Tavares but Carlyle and Getzlaf felt Clutterbuck illegally played the puck while holding a broken stick.

It isn’t a reviewable play and their protesting fell on deaf ears.

“I thought that the rule stated that if a player breaks his stick, he’s automatically expected to drop it immediately and not make a play on the puck,” Carlyle said. “And from our standpoint, it looked like he tried to make a play on the puck and then realized that his stick was broken.

“With a stick in his hand, he kicked the puck. From our perspective, it should have been blown dead.

Instead of sulking over the play, Fowler started the comeback by answering with a successful wrist shot past Halak just 32 seconds later.

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